A number of terrorist attacks have occurred worldwide in recent years. Terrorist organizations under the guise of “fighting for human rights”, with limited financial support from other countries, are trying to destabilize the situation in the country. At the same time, various methods of terrorist acts and attacks are used, which have severe economic and political consequences. The possible threat of such terrorist acts on the territory of our country has forced to raise questions about the protection of important state facilities (including base airfields of the State Aviation of Ukraine). In order to counter terrorist acts, which have recently been carried out in most cases with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, which significantly increases the awareness of terrorists about the object in real time and allows making changes to previously planned actions if needed, the authors consider possible technical ways for improving systems of protection for base airfields of the State aviation of Ukraine from actions of terrorist groups with the use of basic types of sUAS. On the basis of characteristics analysis, possible tactics and features of employment of sUAS, existing technical means of detection and defeat, experience on the mentioned issues in other countries, the authors of article offered a variant of construction, a set of means for detection and counteraction (defeat) of sUAS.

The article addresses the issues of improving the flight operating safety of aircraft at the landing approach stage and the significance of radio-technical support (including such its component part as lighting equipment) for fulfilling this mission. The state of equipping of the aerodromes of the State Aviation of Ukraine with lighting equipment that would meet compliance with modern requirements was analyzed. The expediency of bringing the characteristics of aviation technology to the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) by its equipping with appropriate equipment of domestic and foreign production was confirmed. The issues of the relevance of research on equipping of the aerodromes of the State Aviation of Ukraine with lighting equipment that would meet the minimum requirements of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) were covered. Capabilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine in the sphere of development and manufacturing of ground-based lighting facilities for landing using an element base that is employed in the Armed Forces of Ukraine were investigated. The general purpose of the lighting facilities of the aerodrome was given. Critical conditions under which the use of a glide visual indication system that leads to improved flight safety of aircraft at the approach stage were covered and summarized. Varieties of the glide visual indication systems, analogues of which can be used at the airfields of the State Aviation of Ukraine without significant changes in the existing circuits of lighting equipment, were considered. The typical layouts of the glide visual indication systems were given. The requirements for the manufacturing, installation of the wing bar and the algorithm for determining the position of the aircraft relative to the glide by crew were considered.